Gabriel F. Freund, CFA, CAIA, Chapter Executive

Gabriel serves as the Senior Portfolio Strategist and Investment Advisor for Welcy Capital Advisors, a Miami based RIA with a Latin American focus.  Prior to that, he was an Investment Specialist for Banco Santander International for almost 10 years, providing advice and trade execution in all asset classes for Latin American clients. He formerly had a similar role with BNP Paribas' Latin America Wealth Management. Before BNP, he was the Senior Portfolio Strategist of Deltec Wealth Management, an RIA out of Palm Beach serving the US ultra high net worth segment.

Karim Aryeh, CAIA, CFA, Chapter Executive

Karim Aryeh is a Director at Deutsche Bank in Miami covering U.S. and Latin American clients. He joined Deutsche Bank in 2019 from Lloyd Crescendo Advisors where he was Chief Investment Office since 2016. Prior to Lloyd Crescendo Advisors, Karim was a Senior Portfolio Advisor and Team Head at Santander Private Bank (2011-2016), and in Investment Specialist at UBS Wealth Management in New York, Geneva and Miami (2002-2011). Karim graduated Cum Laude from Boston College in 2002 with a BA in Philosophy..

Sean Kulik, CAIA, Chapter Executive in Ottawa

CAIA Member since 2014

Sean has been a CAIA member since 2014. He is the CFO at Nunavut Trust, a closed endowment based in Ottawa. Sean focuses on overall asset allocation, manager selection, risk management, and portfolio monitoring. Sean is actively involved in the CFA Society of Ottawa and he currently sits on the investment committee for the University of Ottawa Telfer Capital Fund, and the Friends of the Ottawa Public Library. Sean holds a BComm from the University of Ottawa, is a CAIA Charterholder, a CFA Charterholder, and also a Chartered Accountant.